Laptop running super fast after watching YouTube article

[polaris]

Hoping someone can help

Everything was perfectly fine.....
then, I watched a YouTube article

and immediately my laptop started running super fast, and will not slow down

Avast scan found nothing
Malware scan found nothing

Can anyone help ?

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

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[polaris]

Here are the 2 Malwarebyte files
Farbar link wasn't there.. so cannot do Farbar scan

Here are the symptoms of the machine
- everything was fine until I watched a YouTube video this week
- from then on... even when the laptop is on, but not being used - laptop will sit quietly, then sporatically the fan starts running, then running very fast.
- when I check Task Manager at those moments.. CPU usage is running high..85% for a short while, then slowly reduces and goes to 4 to 5%
and this... is the part that didn't exist before that YouTube video

to describe it differently.... it is as if the laptop randomly goes thru some kind of very busy activity on its own

All comments appreciated

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Run FRST now.

 

[polaris]

Scanned, and files attached

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

PC seems clean, does it happen in all browsers?

 

[polaris]

It is random in when it happens
Only use IE 11.0.7
Like now... working online, and everything is fine
Then sometimes it starts the nonsense... perhaps one an hour or so

The odd time computer will act strange and start speeding up when the computer is running, but not online

I'm starting to wonder if I'm looking at a possible imminent hardware failure
Curious that it started after that YouTube... perhaps a coincidence

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Perhaps a coincidence, there is no malware here. I see some errors in Internet Explorer, let's try this:

• Press the
  
  + R on your keyboard at the same time. Type cmd and click OK.
• Type sfc /scannow and press Enter. Let it finish.
• Next, type this chkdsk C: /R
• Restart your PC and let it finish.

 

[polaris]

scannow - result "did not find any integrity violations
chkdsk - result "clean"

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

Situation the same?

 

[polaris]

have not noticed a fast-run.... but I'll keep an eye on it and report back tomorrow mid-day EST

 

[polaris]

Today:
all quiet until exactly 11:01 then the CPU useage ramped...
Useage cycled up and down (20% to 60%) until 12:02 when everything went quiet

It's now 2 hours later... and has been quiet ... for the most part, under 10-15%

bizarre... is it possible a scheduled activity of some kind is taking over ?

obviously this does not appear to be a malware situation... so, I understand if this is the wrong blog

 

[TwinHeadedEagle]

There is no malware here, maybe you're just too much paranoid.